Initialize individual latent status (for JAGS)
Usage
init_latent_jags_multipleSS(
MSS_list,
cause_list,
patho = unlist(lapply(MSS_list, colnames))
)
Arguments
- MSS_list
A list of silver-standard measurement data, possibly with more than one
slices; see data_nplcm argument in nplcm()
- cause_list
See model_options arguments in nplcm()
- patho
A vector of measured pathogen name for MSS;
default is colnames(MSS)
Value
a list of numbers, indicating categories of individual latent causes.
Details
In JAGS 3.4.0, if an initial value contradicts the probabilistic specification, e.g.
MSS_1[i,j] ~ dbern(mu_ss_1[i,j]), where MSS_1[i,j]=1 but mu_ss_1[i,j]=0,
then JAGS cannot understand it. In PERCH application, this is most likely used when the specificity of the
silver-standard data is 1. Note: this is not a problem in WinBUGS.